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Schumer. he has been talking with trump and sort of back channelling with him throughout the shutdown, ive been told by my sources, but i think that many people at this point, given the lack of strategy coming out of the white house, think that the shutdown will end when a deal is cut between mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, and thats when it will really be done. >> well look for it. what we like to think as the fastest 15 minutes in television with thanks to our guests tonigh...

The russian oligarch. is he key to the collusion case? >> absolutely. hes essential to it. this is someone who disappeared from american politics. went over to ukraine. and got in bed with pro-russian party and eventually one of the russian oligarchs. and all of a sudden he goes missing. and owing millions of dollars. and then the guy shows up, running donald trumps presidential campaign. you dont need to be a sherlock holmes to be to look at that set of facts and say huh. this guy putin was pro...

Open. so the democrats are coming forward. so, you know, it may end up being the debate that trump always wanted, i guess, which is wall or nothing. >> very quickly here, what they are saying, at least the white house says where is congress? why hasnt the speaker kept members of congress there in d.c. to work on this. youve heard it before, hes saying im here in the white house. im waiting. >> this shows a real lack of understanding of the way that governing actually happens in washington. the p...

The crown prince whisperer, the guy that has his ear. you think that he would be the face of the administrations pressure campaign on the saudis. >> well, hes falling back. hes fading into the background, at least as far as we can tell publically, and thats intentional. he wants to step back because there is an understanding on his part and also within the white house that it would be damaging for it to be seen that jared kushner was back channelling with mbs on this situation. in the early days...

The extent the focus is entirely on kavanaugh and misses the larger environment that his nomination comes out of, the scrutiny that the special interests behind the federalist society have give an list that the president originated and has followed, the dark money operation that is operating right now to try to pave the political path for him to confirmation, all the funny right wing groups that turn up before the supreme court as so-called friends of the court filing amicus briefs, funded by th...

Pompeos north korean trip has been mixed. >> i think it speaks to the fact that president trump has a lot of faith in him. from my standpoint its a plus. >> once you are nominated for a position, you dont go and begin to act as if you are in that position before you are confirmed. >> so was he sent there as the cia director or as the nominee for the secretary of state? >> i would rather have preparation than is so often the case in the trump administration where everybody flies by the seat of th...

Michaels other point, theres a pattern of back channelling between the house intelligence committee, the rx on it, and this white house that is undeniab undeniable. this unfortunately has been a partisan exercise from the get-go. representative rooney said we lost all our credibility. we might as well shut it down. hes probably right on that front. where he is wrong is saying that theres no evidence that putin tried to intercede on president trumps behalf. yes, there was a larger effort to creat...

>> with this president we dont really know. and typically you have major speeches and often they have short shelf lives and i think with this president in particular because he can be obviously very presidential when he is scripted, sort of teleprompter trump, but his asides will matter. does he kind of go off script here, does he go off script in meetings that he has with leaders. hes got a bevy of meetings today with foreign leaders and throughout this week. does he go off script on twitter. t...

Wanted to communicate with such urgency in such secrecy with the kremlin. >> we dont know the answer to that. im sure there are multiple committees who will want to. to your point on back channelling. at the cia if i arrange comes with russia outside of official channels and set up a a secret meeting, i would be tried tr espionage. would you agree? >> absolutely. absolutely. theres not a question. in the world of espionage, communications are critical, very sensitive. topic. how communications a...

Know, we think. i think that theyre letting the american public down by not delving deeper into what is going on withared kushner and this back channelling, about the lies and his failure to disclose he had had these meetings, the same thing with sessions, failure to disclose about the meetings. what more do we need? >> well, pulling no punches as usual, congresswoman maxine waters. thank you for being here. >> thank you, joy, so much. >> and check her out online @maxinewaters. >> and coming up ...